Serbian Government Denies Using Sonic Weapon on Protesters in Belgrade

Police have denied using the acoustic device after 100,000 protesters descended on the capital over the weekend.
Serbian Government Denies Using Sonic Weapon on Protesters in Belgrade
Students and anti-government demonstrators gather in front of the parliament building during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 15, 2025. Djordje Kojadinovic/Reuters
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Serbian officials on March 16 denied that Belgrade’s security forces had used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital on March 15.

Opposition officials and human rights groups said the widely prohibited acoustic armament, which emits a targeted beam to temporarily incapacitate people, was used during the large protest over the weekend.

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